Barcelona face Elche on Sunday in desperate need of a result and a performance, following successive away defeats to Sevilla, and notably, Real Madrid in El Clasico. Amid an injury crisis and poor showings, Hansi Flick has aWhile Barcelona were close to equalising in the final stages against Real Madrid, they were outplayed in the first hour of the game. Any response will have to come without Pedri, and there is growing discontent within Can Barca at fitness team and their preparation of the side. Flick has drawn some conclusions from their loss to Real Madrid though, as to where things are going wrong.Another factor was the lack of ability to ‘unbalance’ the opposition defence. Without Raphinha, and with a Lamine Yamal that is struggling with injury himself, Barcelona lacked options to beat their man, and create space for their teammates. This plays into a third factor – Flick wants his players to start winning their individual battles again. Pau Cubarsi, Jules Kounde, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford all found themselves surpassed by their counterparts on Sunday.The good news for him is that MD note that Flick is again considering restoring the Uruguayan to central defence, with the feeling that they miss his physical prowess in those individual battles. So far he has played second fiddle to Eric Garcia and Pau Cubarsi, and while both have outperformed him this season, Cubarsi has still struggled.
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Another factor was the lack of ability to ‘unbalance’ the opposition defence. Without Raphinha, and with a Lamine Yamal that is struggling with injury himself, Barcelona lacked options to beat their man, and create space for their teammates. This plays into a third factor – Flick wants his players to start winning their individual battles again. Pau Cubarsi, Jules Kounde, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford all found themselves surpassed by their counterparts on Sunday.The good news for him is that MD note that Flick is again considering restoring the Uruguayan to central defence, with the feeling that they miss his physical prowess in those individual battles. So far he has played second fiddle to Eric Garcia and Pau Cubarsi, and while both have outperformed him this season, Cubarsi has still struggled.
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Another factor was the lack of ability to ‘unbalance’ the opposition defence. Without Raphinha, and with a Lamine Yamal that is struggling with injury himself, Barcelona lacked options to beat their man, and create space for their teammates. This plays into a third factor – Flick wants his players to start winning their individual battles again. Pau Cubarsi, Jules Kounde, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford all found themselves surpassed by their counterparts on Sunday.
